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ÐÔ_ÔØØÓÓÑ8€Ç!XXdìXXdì8ÑÑ  ÑÌà0  àà ° àò òà@66'ì(#(#àOPINIONó óˆÐ ˆØ ÐÌà  àThis€case€involves€alleged€negligence€in€the€termite€inspection€of€a€house.€€€The€trial€courtÏgranted€summary€judgment€in€favor€of€the€defendant€exterminators,€finding€insufficient€evidenceÏof€termite€infestation€at€the€time€of€inspection.€€We€affirm.Ìà  àIn€February€1996,€Plaintiffs/Appellants€Bruce€and€Victoria€Walker€(ð ðthe€Walkersðð)€wereÏprospective€buyers€of€a€house€located€at€305€Cotton€Blossom€Court€in€Nashville,€Tennessee.€€TheÏreal€estate€company€handling€the€sale€of€the€house€asked€Defendant/Appellee€Arrow€Exterminators,ÏInc.€(ð ðArrow€Exterminatorsðð)€to€inspect€the€home€for€termite€infestation.€€On€February€22,€1996,ÏDefendant/Appellee€Doug€Snyder€(ð ðSnyderðð),€an€employee€of€Arrow€Exterminators,€visuallyÏinspected€the€home.€€His€inspection€report€noted€that€some€areas€of€the€residence€were€inaccessible,Ïbut€that€no€visual€evidence€of€termite€infestation€was€found€as€of€that€date.€€The€report€stated:€ð ð[t]hisÏreport€is€indicative€of€the€condition€of€the€subject€structure(s)€òòon€the€date€of€the€inspection€onlyð8ð.ðð€Ð ¨ø Ðóó(emphasis€in€original).Ð €Ð Ðà  àThe€Walkers€purchased€the€house,€with€the€closing€on€February€26,€1996.€€Subsequently,€theÏWalkers€contacted€another€exterminating€company,€Tennessee€Valley€Exterminators,€to€purchaseÏa€contract€to€have€the€house€sprayed€for€termites€and€other€pests.€€On€March€9,€1996,€a€salesÏrepresentative€of€Tennessee€Valley€Exterminators€visited€the€home€to€give€the€Walkers€an€estimateÏfor€the€extermination€services.Ìà  àThe€next€day,€there€was€a€swarm€of€termites€at€the€Walkersðð€home.€€The€Walkers€contactedÏTennessee€Valley€Exterminators,€which€immediately€canceled€its€contract€for€extermination€services.€ÏThe€house€was€eventually€treated€for€termite€infestation€by€Cookððs€Pest€Control.Ìà  àThe€Walkers€filed€a€lawsuit€on€January€21,€1997,€against€Arrow€Exterminators€and€Snyder,Ïasserting€that€the€defendants€breached€their€duty€of€reasonable€care€in€failing€to€properly€inspect€andÏdisclose€evidence€of€termite€infestation.€€The€defendants€denied€that€there€was€visual€evidence€ofÏtermite€infestation€on€the€date€of€the€inspection,€February€22,€1996.€€Ìà  àAfter€opportunity€for€discovery,€on€July€21,€1998,€the€defendants€moved€for€summaryÏjudgment,€arguing€that€the€Walkers€had€failed€to€present€evidence€from€which€the€trier€of€fact€couldÏreasonably€infer€that€there€was€termite€infestation€on€the€date€of€the€defendantsðð€inspection.€€In€ÌÐ